Nasarawa governor not on self-isolation – aide

Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State is not on self-isolation, Director of Strategic Communication and Press Affairs to the governor, Yakubu Lamai, has said.

Mr Lamai disclose this in a statement he signed and made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Lafia, the state capital.

He said there was nothing to hide about the COVID-19 global pandemics, Nasarawa State inclusive.

”It has come to the notice of the Directorate of Strategic Communication and Press Affairs that some Social Media platforms are saying His Excellency, Engineer Abdullahi A. Sule has gone on self-isolation.

“If indeed His Excellency, Engineer Abdullahi A. Sule, goes into self-isolation, we shall make a formal statement to that effect.

”Please rest assured that there is nothing to hide about COVID 19 in the entire world as also in Nasarawa State,” the statement said.

Lamai urged the public to disregard information in some social media platforms insinuating that the governor had gone on self-isolation.

He said the state government has intensified sensitisation on the preventive measures of COVID-19, adding that isolation centres were being set up in various locations across the state.